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groundloop

(13,570 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:28 PM Jul 2025

Congressional intern killed in Washington, DC shooting: Officials

Source: ABC News

A 21-year-old congressional intern was killed Monday night after getting caught in targeted gunfire in Northwest Washington, D.C., police said.

Police and congressional officials identified the victim as Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby, Massachusetts, who died Tuesday after being shot near the intersection of 7th and M Street.

Investigators have recovered the suspect vehicle and stated that while the shooting was targeted, Tarpinian-Jachym was not among the intended victims.

Tarpinian-Jachym, who had been serving as an intern for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) since June, was a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was majoring in finance with a minor in political science.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/umass-student-house-intern-dies-washington-dc-shooting/story?id=123429541

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Irish_Dem

(79,899 posts)
2. This is the kind of country the GOP wants.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:29 PM
Jul 2025

The kind of US Putin wants too.
He funded the NRA for a long time.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,282 posts)
3. Stupid fucking Maga assholes don't understand that when Putin takes over and he will
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:31 PM
Jul 2025

They will lose their homes, their cars, etc. I mean how stupid you have to be to not understand that

Irish_Dem

(79,899 posts)
4. MAGAs live in a fantasy world.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:35 PM
Jul 2025

Trump tells them they are going to be rich beyond their wildest dreams.
And will be so special and important.
People will treat them like royalty.

When it reality Trump will be the richest person in the world at their expense.
And he will be treated like royalty.

Trump will destroy and kill them and they won't know what hit them.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,282 posts)
8. I have predicted that while they are being destroyed and their family members killed
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:11 PM
Jul 2025

They will blame the Democrats right until their last breath.

Unfortunately, almost all of my predictions come true because what I simply do for the last 10 years is I say the worst thing that a person could do is what the Republicans will do.

I was shouted down when I said they would sign on to killing us and eventually help kill us

Irish_Dem

(79,899 posts)
16. I can predict because I know what ruthless psychopaths are capable of doing.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:20 AM
Jul 2025

And the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

We have seen a good sampling of Trump's serious crimes over the years.
And now he has hired RFKjr to kill as many Americans as possible.

Trump is ruthless and would kill us all in our beds if it would make him the richest man in the world.

He is backed by Putin who will kill every man, woman and child in Ukraine because
he enjoyed it and loves feeling powerful. Putin is the guy who gave his troops huge supplies of
vodka and viagra with the orders to rape as many women and children as possible.
And kidnap as many children as possible.

We just witnessed US GOP congress sign the death warrant for Americans.
They are a dangerous disgrace and traitors.

Yes the MAGAs will blame liberals, women, people of color, etc for anything bad that happens to them.
They have been so brainwashed reality does not penetrate their skulls.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,282 posts)
9. By the way, the election was rigged
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:13 PM
Jul 2025

Go to YouTube and type in Christopher Titus rigged

You know what the best way to get people to not believe it is. For four years say another election was rigged that wasn’t so that people won’t take you seriously.

hlthe2b

(112,839 posts)
6. In a world where insantiy is the name of our governance, the gun insanity still reigns supreme...
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jul 2025

RIP No one deserves this, no matter how young or how old.

IronLionZion

(50,831 posts)
7. Gang shootings have been a problem in that neighborhood for a while
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:18 PM
Jul 2025

The dumbest part is that the shooters don't even live there. They just think it's a good location to shoot it out with their rivals or whatever.

Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was likely an innocent bystander waiting for the bus or walking to metro or something like that.

One of many reasons why I moved out of that neighborhood 2.5 years ago.

maxrandb

(17,173 posts)
15. "What secrets did the Retrumplican intern know, when did he know them, and what GOPer conspired in his murder?"
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:14 AM
Jul 2025

Ohhhhh, sorry! For a second there, I thought I worked at Faux News, and this Congressional intern worked for a Democrat.

Nothing to see here.

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